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"Schultze gets the blues" tells the story of
Schultze. Schultze has spent his whole life in
a small town in Saxon-Anhalt near the river Saale.
The only distinctive feature of the town is a
huge mountain of potash slag from the neighbouring
mine. Schultze's life, divided between work (below
ground) - to which he owes his chronic cough -
and the pub, the allotment, folk music and fishing
(above ground), is rudely interrupted when he
and his mates Manfred and Jürgen are made redundant.
As entropy sets in and maintaining the daily routine
deteriorates into a farce, Schultze discovers
a life on the other side of the hill. From his
polka-powered accordeon the amateur musician coaxes
the fiery zydeco music of the Southern States,
which threatens to disrupt the respectable anniversary
celebration of his local music club. Faced with
the choice of sliding back into the old ways or
ending up as the local freak, Schultze makes a
decision which will take him deep into the swamps
and bayous of Louisiana ... and back again ...
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writer & direction
director of photographie
editor
sound design
music
sound mixer
production design
prop master
costume design
make up artist
producers
editor in chief
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Michael Schorr
Axel Schneppat
Tina Hillmann
Dirk Niemeier
Thomas Wittenbecher
Christian Lerch
Natascha E. Tagwerk
Sabine Enste
Constanze Hagedorn
Lara Feldmann
Jens Körner
Thomas Riedel
Oliver Niemeier
Claudia Tronnier, ZDF-Das kleine Fernsehspiel |
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actors
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Horst Krause, Karl-Fred
Müller, Harald Warmbrunn as Schultze, Jürgen
and Manfred
Ursula Schucht, Hannelore Schubert, Wolfgang Boos,
Leo Fischer, Loni Frank, Elke Rümmler,
Rosemarie Deibel, Marylu Poolman, Ilse Holtmann,
Eva Bodnar,
Hans-Peter Rößiger, Gunnar, Wilhelmine Horschig,
Volker Rößiger, Alozia St. Julien, Kerry Christensen,
Raimond Darilek,
Freddie Hirsch, Chris Pilat, Richard Gaerkner, Frances
Pilat,
Charles Pilat, Marie Bourque, Kirk Guidry, Anne
V. Angelle,
Danielle Krause, Carl
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cinema film , 35mm, 1:1,85, Dolby Digital, 110mins,
Color, Germany 2003
Filmed on location in fall 2002 in Saxony-Anhalt,
Louisiana & Texas
A filmkombinat production in cooperation with
ZDF-Das kleine Fernsehspiel.
Film funding by Mitteldeutschen Medienförderung,
filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Kuratorium junger
deutscher Film and Kulturelle Filmförderung
Sachsen-Anhalt.
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TV
premiere
Oktober 3, 2006, 10 pm, at ZDF
Video & DVD
distribution from November 11 and sales from November
25, 2004
festivals
2005
27th
Portland IFF USA, February 11 - 27, 2005
20th
Santa Barbara IFF USA, January 28 - February
6, 2005
16th
Palm Springs IFF USA, January 6 - 17, 2005
2004
Jakarta
IFF Indonesia, December 3 - 10, 2004
3rd Festival of German Cinema Moscow Russia, December
9 - 13, 2004
11th European Film Festival Beirut Lebanon, November
25 - Dezember 5, 2004
Days of the German Cinema in Cracow Poland, November
4 - 10, 2004
12th
Annual Hamptons IFF USA, October 20 - 24,
2004
27.
Starz Denver IFF USA, Oktober 14 - 24, 2004
Austin
Film Festival USA, Oktober 14 - 21, 2004
20th
IFF Warsaw Poland, October 7 - 18, 2004
16th
New Orleans Film Festival USA, Oktober 7 -
14, 2004
8th
Festival of German Cinema Paris France, October
6 - 12, 2004
31st
IFF Flandern Ghent Belgium, October 5 - 16,
2004
6th
European Film Festival "Cinessonne" Paris France,
October 2 - 16, 2004
23rd
Vancouver IFF Canada, September 23 - Oktober
8, 2004
9th Pyongyang Film Festival North Korea, September
20 - 29, 2004
IFF
Arsenals Riga Latvia, September 18 - 26, 2004
19th
IFF Umea Sweden, September 16 - 22, 2004
20th
Boston Film Festival USA, September 10 - 19,
2004
10th
Sarajevo Film Festival Bosnia and Herzegovina,
August 20 - 28, 2004
18th
Wine Country Film Festival Napa/Sonoma USA,
July 22 - August 15, 2004
53rd
IFF Melbourne Australia, July 21 - August
8, 2004
21st
IFF Jerusalem Israel, July 8 - 17, 2004
39th
IFF Karlovy Vary Czech Republic, July 2 -
10, 2004
19th
Midnight Sun Filmfestival Sodankylä Finland,
June 16 - 20, 2004
3rd
IFF Transilvania Cluj-Napoca Romania, May
5 - June 6, 2004
German Filmfest Tokyo Japan, May 25 - 30, 2004
Film
Festival Kinopavasaris Vilnius Lithuania,
April 30 - May 9, 2004
5th
IFF Jeonju South Korea, April 25 - May 4,
2004
47th
IFF San Francisco USA, April 15 - 29, 2004
5th
German Filmfest Rome Italy, April 2 - 6, 2004
8th
IFF Sofia Bulgaria, March 4 - 14, 2004
54th
IFF Berlin Germany, programm "German Cinema",
February 5 - 15, 2004
25th
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken
Germany, Januar 26 - Februar 1, 2004
33rd
IFF Rotterdam Netherland, January 21 - 1 February,
2004
2003
5th
IFF Bratislava Slowak Republic, November 28
- December 6, 2003
FILMZ:
Festival of German Cinema Mainz Germany, November
26 - 30, 2003
41th
IFF Gijón Spain, November 20 - 28, 2003
15th
Cardiff Screen Festival United Kingdom, November
14 - 22, 2003
14th
IFF StockholmSchweden, November 13 - 23, 2003
14th
IFF Ljubljana Slovenia, November 7 - 21, 2003
premiere in Germany at the 37th
"Internationale Hofer Filmtage"
Oktober 22 - 26, 2003
26th
Mostra International Film Festival (IFF) Sao Paulo
Brasil, Oktober 18 - 31, 2003
Filmfestival
Zagreb Croatia, Oktober 7 - 11, 2003
World premiere at the 60.
mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica -
la Biennale di Venezia 2003
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awards
Schultze gets the "Preis der deutschen Filmkritik"
(Germany) for the "Best Debut 2004"
Special Prize of the jury to Schultze at the European
Filmfestival "Cinessonne" Paris France
3 awards at the
Int. Film Festival Gijón, Spain: best film,
best director and best art direction
4 awards "The Bronze horse" at the
Int. Film Festival Stockholm, Schweden: best
film, best debut, best script and best main leading
actor (Horst Krause)
Controcorrente (upstream)-competition special
director's award to Michael Schorr la
Biennale di Venezia 2003
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press contact
UIP Pressestelle Berlin
Patricia Bauermeister
Tel.: +49.30.34351828
Fax: +49.30.3918110
Mobil: +49.172.6055056
e-mail: p.bauermeister@belmax.de
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